The best combo and the best breakfast: chocolate pear oatmeal!In these last days, the air is crispier, both in the morning - when I wake up at 7.30 in the morning - and on late afternoon when I go biking and I almost have to wear a cardigan to cover myself. I'm appreciating this slooow transition to Fall. It's almost here... In 4 days, there will be the autumnal equinox. We finally can go back wrap up ourselves with cozy blankets while watching Netflix or reading a book while ...
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EASY VEGAN PESTO / ORIGINAL RECIPE MODIFIED
Want to know how I make my own easy vegan pesto? Keep reading...Good things are happening these days. New jobs coming my way, a couple of cute houses me and my boyfriend saw (we will move in together in a few weeks) and a long-term job for him."Let me THE UNIVERSE IS LISTENING! Tell it what you desire...♥♥"this is how one of Rachel twolovesstudio's latest posts started. I deeply believe in mantras, affirmations and I like studying mindfulness, in general. I don't ...
EASY AVOCADO HUMMUS / TIME SAVING RECIPE
Any idea for lunch? Make this easy avocado hummus! Delish!Most of the people might think that, since I'm a food blogger, I cook all day long and have billions of ideas. Well, half true. I mean, I always am full of ideas (I have notes everywhere all over the house, also on my phone and Macbook) and I would love to spend all day baking. Not "cooking", baking! Like most of the chefs (and I'm not comparing myself to chefs, for goodness' sake), I like one thing rather than the other. Most ...
HEALTHY CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES / WITH RICOTTA / NO BAKE
Healthy chocolate truffles are the perfect healthy snack! Check out the recipe.I'm writing this post with the perfect background: the crackle of the light rain outside. Deeply relaxing and so hyggelig. Quite like last weekend. Yup, what a weekend has been. Let me tell you what happened (something great, don't worry).I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost six years, but our parents never actually met. You probably already know - if you've read my blog posts in the past - that we ...
HOW TO MAKE VEGAN NUTELLA / THE CRUNCHY VERSION / 3 INGREDIENTS
Want to know how to make vegan nutella, the crunchy version? Cause yes, it's a thing!I confess, I'm a chocoholic. Even if I'm a "healthy food blogger", my favorite dishes are pizza and chocolate based desserts. Weird? Nope. I think it's aaaaall about balance in life. In a parallel reality, where daily eating these two foods wouldn't damage our health, I would eat chocolate for breakfast and pizza for lunch and dinner. Unluckily this parallel reality doesn't exist. Luckily sometimes ...
HOW TO MAKE PICKLED RED ONIONS / THE EASY WAY / 1 JAR ONLY
Learn how to make pickled red onions! The easiest recipe you'll find on the web!It was August 15 a couple of days ago and, here in Italy, we celebrate 'Ferragosto', a public holiday that coincides with the Assumption of Mary feast. In this period, everyone is on holiday, most factories and shops are closed. My parents are on vacation too, together with my sister, brother-in-law and nephews. So it's me and Lucy - my dog - at home. My neighbors sometimes are here, sometimes they're ...
HEALTHY RASPBERRY GRANOLA WITH CARDAMOM AND ALMONDS / REFINED SUGAR FREE
In this post you will find the most amazing recipe for this healthy raspberry granola!Yes, it's good to be back with new recipes. FINALLY!If you follow me consistently, you know that I've been sharing some older recipes lately, just because I had to re-shoot them (I would love to give a cohesive look to my blog, how many times did I say that?!). Plus, these last weeks, I've been so busy. I mean, I've been busy swimming, eating good food, laughing, visiting markets with my Sicilian ...
PEACH RASPBERRIES POPSICLES WITH GREEK YOGURT / NO ADDED SUGAR
In this post you'll find the recipe for these amazingly delicious peach raspberries popsicles!Wet heat, sultry weather… what can cheer you up in a day like this? A popsicle, of course! I made these peach raspberries popsicles last year after my trip to Sicily and I want to share them again this year (after a trip to Sicily, what a coincidence;)) Sicily, I miss you. I’m back from my trip, I’m pretty nostalgic right now, more than the past few years. Maybe because it had been 10 ...
COFFEE GRANITA RECIPE / 3 INGREDIENTS / LOW SUGAR
In this post you'll find this amazing and refreshing coffee granita recipe!If you follow me on Instagram, at this point you should probably already know that I’m on vacation. Where?If I tell you ‘granita’, which place do you think of? Hint: it’s in Southern Italy, it's an island. Already guessed? I’m in the beautiful Sicily! In Syracuse, Southern-East, to be precise (Archimedes was born in Siracusa!).Granita is a semi-frozen dessert that Sicilians usually enjoy for breakfast, ...
NON ALCOHOLIC KOMBUCHA COCKTAIL / GINGER, PEACH AND MINT
In this post you'll find a refreshing recipe: non alcoholic kombucha cocktail with ginger, peach and mint!Oh it's that time of the year again! Al fresco dinners, friends, laughters, cocktails, ice cream... It's Saturday, today, and I'm super glad because tonight I'll celebrate with my friends and an homemade dinner (made by me!). I will prepare this super yummy focaccia bread and I will top it with fresh cherry tomatoes, olives and maybe some ham (because Enrico really loves ham. ...
